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Grandmother's Garden (Chicago, Illinois)

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Historically, the Grandmother's Garden was also known as the Old English Garden.

This naturalistic garden may have originally been created by Carl Stormback, Lincoln Park's head gardner of the late 1880's and early 1890's. Grandmother's Garden was consciously juxtaposed to the formal "French style" garden surrounding the conservatory directly across the street. An article published in 1900 explained that one could not find a better example of the two contrasting styles. It suggested that while Grandmother's Garden was a "profusion of flowers of all kinds combined according to color and foliage, "the Formal Garden was an arrangement of set forms and conventional designs." Additionally, this is a perennial garden, while the Formal Garden is composed of annuals.

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Coordinates:   41°55'25"N   87°38'10"W
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